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Author Roberts, Megan, author.

Title The Wretched Women : the stories of some of the women sentenced to transportation by the Lancashire Courts between 1818 and 1825 / Megan Roberts
Published Bath : Brown Dog Books, 2022
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Description 1 online resource
Summary In May 1824 twenty women under sentence of transportation languished in the gaol at Lancaster Castle. Some had been there for years and amongst them was a 76 year old. One woman called Mary Partridge was described as being a fit healthy woman who wished to go abroad. Who were these women? How did they come to be sentenced to transportation? Why would anyone want to 'go abroad'? This book sets out to address these questions and others and tell these women'
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 05, 2023)
Subject Female offenders -- England -- Lancaster -- History -- 19th century
Penal transportation -- England -- History -- 19th century
Female offenders
Penal transportation
England
England -- Lancaster
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781839525896
1839525894